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Dyvanee Chavira – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The objective of this dissertation was to explore the impact of gender, maternal parenting style, and social class on the level of motivation in first-year college students. Existing research has shown that, individually, these three variables can influence motivation in students. However, we do not know how a mothers' parenting style paired with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Motivation, Parenting Styles, Mothers
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Rocío Giselle Fernández Da Lama; María Elena Brenlla – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The present research was based on an online questionnaire. A total of 256 undergraduate psychology students aged 18-44 (M = 23.61; SD = 0.57) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina took part in the study (137 women; 53.3%). A sociodemographic and academic survey and the locally adapted versions of the Zimbardo Time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
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Hsin-Ming Hsieh; Alex Maritz – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
Flipped instruction has garnered significant interest in higher education for its potential to enhance student motivation and self-regulated learning. This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of flipped teaching on motivation and self-directed learning attributes among 106 entrepreneurship students at universities in Taiwan. Students…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Intervention, Scores, Independent Study
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Villarreal-Fernández, Jorge Eliécer; Arroyave-Giraldo, Dora Inés – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2022
Introduction: The objective of this work is to present the results of the adaptation and validation process of the Motivated Scale Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in university students in Colombia. Method: The research is framed in the so-called instrumental studies, which seek to adapt, validate and analyze the psychometric properties of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
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Messineo, Linda; Tosto, Crispino; Allegra, Mario – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between students' academic motivation, implicit beliefs about intelligence and learning strategies among undergraduate healthcare students. First-year students of healthcare degree courses from a university in Southern Italy were surveyed. The study measured psychological constructs by means…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation
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Gyamfi, George; Lai, Yuanxing – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
Success in language learning has generally been attributed to students' motivation. However, beyond motivation is grit, a psychological construct that has rarely been mentioned in language learning research. This study therefore aimed to investigate the grit of 171 Thai students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and the factors that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
Li'thelya Young – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The numbers of African American males and females entering higher education continue to soar. Research shows that African American women are the most educated group within the United States; however, compared to their European and Hispanic male counterparts, African American males report the lowest outcomes in higher education. Educational…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation
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Akdag, Emine; Köksal, Mustafa Serdar – Science Education International, 2022
The purpose of this research was to examine relationship between the eighth-grade gifted students' perceptions of science learning environment constructive learning environment perception (CLEP) and their motivations motivation to learn science (MLS) to learn science with their intellectual risk-taking (IRT) and science achievement (SA). For this…
Descriptors: Gifted, Gifted Education, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation
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Shaakumeni, Simson N.; Csapó, Beno – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018
The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of a questionnaire adapted from Students' Motivation Towards Science Learning questionnaire developed by Tuan and colleagues, to assess motivation to learn science among Namibian Grade 12 students (N = 755). The overall reliability of the scores on the 19-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Science Education, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
Jodaei, Hojjat; Zareian, Gholamreza; Amirian, Mohammad Reza; Adel, Seyyed Mohammad Reza – Online Submission, 2018
Second language learning motivation has always been considered to be one of the most influential factors in language learning due to its undeniably substantial impacts. In comparison with research conducted in other areas of L2 motivation, there has been a paucity of research on L2 motivation change, especially in the Iranian language learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Military Personnel, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Orok-Duke, Orok Ekpo; Sackey, Jacob; Usiabulu, Michael; Bassey, Okpa Inah – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of incessant strike actions and industrial disputes in Cross River University of Technology and its effect on students' motivation to learning. Over the years, a considerable amount of effort has been put on ground in order to run the Cross River University of Technology devoid of financial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strikes, Universities, Student Motivation
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Chen, Zi; Solberg, Scott; Ye, Ai – Youth & Society, 2020
The present study investigated the mediating role of career adaptability in the relationship between youth-perceived contextual support and positive youth development on the basis of a survey of 1,047 students in 10th to 12th grades. Measurement model analysis revealed that career search self-efficacy (CSSE), goal capacity, academic self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 12
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Nenthien, Sansanee; Loima, Jyrki – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The aims of this qualitative research were to investigate the level of motivation and learning of ninth grade students in mathematics classrooms in Thailand and to reveal how the teachers supported students' levels of motivation and learning. The participants were 333 students and 12 teachers in 12 mathematics classrooms from four regions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Student Motivation, Grade 9
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Priyono – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
The research aims to find the differences in students' learning results by implementing both PAIKEM (Active, Innovative, Creative, Effective, and Exciting Learning) and conventional learning methods for students with high and low motivation. This research used experimental design on two groups, a group of high motivation students and a group of…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Program Implementation, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
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Tambunan, Hardi – International Education Studies, 2018
This study aims to identify the most dominant factor of the teacher's role as a motivator that influences students' interest and motivation to perform in mathematics achievement. It is conducted in eighth grade of senior high school with 209 students, consisted of five state schools and two private schools from seven regencies in North Sumatera.…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Objectives
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